share over the network between IcAROS and Ubuntu

Introduction :

Sharing files over the network is something like an obligation nowadays.

I personnally don’t like Windows, so I won’t speak about this side. I prefer the dark side : linux, especially ubuntu (here 12.04LTS). Anyway, samba is samba, so it should work with every linux distrib.

As we speak about computering @home, we will stay in a VERY SIMPLE config.

So, we have for this example :

– One machine running IcAros 1.5.2-2

– One machine running Ubuntu 12.04LTS

– let’s assume the ubuntu samba server is called “HADES”,

– in a WORKGROUP called “PHLEGETON”,

– with the IP adress, let’s assume it is “192.168.173“. Ofcourse, you must change this to fit your ones.

save and see your share appearing on your Wanderer, also usable via DOpus.

Some questions :

Why don’t you use a guest allowed share ?

I personnally had issues using simple guest ok SAMBA shares configurations, with “error 200 object is in use” each time I wanted to write to the share. The way described here is the most stable I know.

Can I do that with Windows :

Yes, until Windows XP, shares are OK under windows, since Vista/7, the new SMB protocols used by windows make buggy communication between AROS and Windows. Prefer FTP protocol.

for a long time amiga & demos lover and musician.
Beta tester for icaros for some years now (since icaros 1.5), i do it as much as i can.
i'm a computer scientist, managing the computer infrastructure in a big company (won't tell the name there).